Headlight control.



- onefo the 'actuating devices; and Fig. .i

" application -i have 'shown present fore l* ,ier-ren,

e-noasn wrmirsarerrlnson, or DENVER, coronario.

nneimienr coivrno'r.;

Y Application nled September on automobiles, and the main object thereoiis to provide means' whereby said headlights? maybe da-esteri fromthenornoal dead ahead position in any desired direction 1n order toenable a driver to eee to either side' of the road, and atvarious-heights. y l

My invention is fully described inthefol lowing specification, of" whichthe aoeompanying ,drawings `form "a part, in which ,like parts aredesignated bythe salue referenoefcharaoters en which:m -I v Figure l isa fragmentarside, elevation of an automobile provided with 'myinvention; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereoig'Fig-g 3 is an enlarged planview of the lamp bracket detached' from the automobile, ang

isv a section tellen on the line i-flaof Fig. 1, with the lamp removeda,l

in the drawings forming a bert of this ferred form of embodiment oi myinvention, comprising the frame 5, wheels 6, ioool f?, and headlights 8-of an automobile, said rwheels being under control i the steering 19d,C i y Secured to each. the frame members is a vertically arrangedbearing 10 for a pnle 11 enlarged at its top to he supported there in,and forked as shown et 12, the lower end oi' said 'pintle having aora'nlr 13 formed thereon and in pivotal connection, at lll, with a bar15 in turn 'pivoted to tthe steer ing rod 9, it being understood thatthis arrangement is (lupiioatecll at each side of the automobile. f

The fork 12 carries a pivot lil for a lamp bracket 17, whereby saidbraekee may be moved in a vertical plane, thus correspond- Specicationof Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915.

11, 191e. serial No. 861,217.

ingly moving the headlight` 8 thereon, and

I pivot a bar 18 to each of said brackets and the rearward end of whichis provided with one member of a universal joint 19, the other member ofwhich is carried by a rodl :20, extended rearwardly to the -frear of thedash and pivoted to a lever 21, in turn piv- 21 be moved, thecorresponding headlight is moved in a vertical plane, upwardly or f otedto the frame 5, or other suitable suppe, port, and it will be seen that,if the leveil downwardly, according to the direction ofj movement ofsaid lever.

lt will also be noted thatif the automobile be guided from straightmovement ahead,-the steering rod 9 moves the bars 15 .and which, inturn, swing the cranks 13 to rotate the pintles Z11 intheir bearings,and

the headlights are swung fin' a horizontal 4 plane, this beingaccomplished in the 'ordi.

nary operation of steering the vehicle, and it will he noted that l makethe-pintles of tivo parts, as shown at 22, whereby they"l maybe readilyassembled' or taken apartan from their bearings.

It will thus be seen that I may control the movement vof the lamps in avertical plane, as in reading street signs, manually,

'and the lamps are automatically moved in the proposed dire'tion ofmovement of the automobile when said automobile is steered by means ofthe steering wheel, and illumination of the road, at any height from theground, is rendered possible.

While ll have shown an operating lever- 21, it will be obvious-that apedall may also 'be employed as a substitute therefor, or any othersuitable equivalent, and various otherchanges in and yinodiliczntions ofthe oonstruction shown and described may be made, within the Vscope ofthe following claim, without departing7 Ifrom the spirit' of myinvention, or saerilioing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention,

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what l: claim as new, and desire to secure by y Letters Patent, s:-- i

The combination with the frame, and.

steering rod of an automobile, of verticallyV arranged pintles, 'one -oneach side 4of said frame, means connecting each pintle with In testimonywhereof I have signed my said steering rod to rotate said pintles in thename to this specification in the presence of movement of said rod, alamp bracket pivtwo subscribing Witnesses.

oted to each pintie, a rod piYoted to each GEORGE WILLIAM ATKINSON. 5bracket, aluniversal joint in Said rod, means Witnesses: for actuatingsaid rod manualy, .and a lamp C. O. TURLETITE,

n each bracket. IRVING EATON.

